Unanswered: Lasting Truth for Trending Questions - Paperback

by Jeremiah J. Johnston (Author), Lee Strobel (Foreword by)

We live in a radically skeptical age. Tough questions are being asked about Christianity. And most believers are ill-equipped to provide the answers our culture and communities desperately need. Many in today's church do not know the Bible as well as they should and they struggle with their own "big questions" about the faith.
After receiving more than four thousand questions at his Christian Thinkers Society events over the span of six years, Dr. Jeremiah Johnston began to recognize six categories of recurring, trending questions that dominated the rest. In Unanswered, he tackles these tough issues that plague the minds of believers but are rarely addressed in church, such as...

• Why is it that God often seems to remain silent?
• How can we trust in the bodily resurrection of Jesus, and what does it mean for us today?
• What do Christians need to understand about suicide and mental illness?
• How should Christians respond to spiritual darkness and the obsession with paranormal activity?
• Why is biblical illiteracy so dangerous for Christians and the church?
• Why do we experience suffering and pain?

Unanswered will leave you enriched, characterized by a thinking faith, capable to communicate confidently, and committed to escape the tendency to offer trite answers to a skeptical world.

Author Biography

Dr. Johnston is a New Testament scholar, apologist, and sought-after speaker on university campuses and churches. He completed his doctoral residency in Oxford and received his Ph.D. from Middlesex University (United Kingdom). He also earned advanced degrees in theology from Acadia University (Canada) and received his M.Div. at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Johnston has distinguished himself with publications in both popular and scholarly books, refereed journals, and serials. His most recent book is Jesus and the Jihadis, coauthored with Craig Evans. Dr. Johnston currently serves as the founder and president of Christian Thinkers Society, a resident Institute at Houston Baptist University, where he also serves as Associate Professor of Early Christianity in the School of Christian Thought.
Hometown: Richmond, Texas (Houston area)